Cary Williams

Last year: Ended three-year rut of 8-8 finishes with NFC East title and beat Detroit for first playoff win since 2009. Lost to Green Bay in divisional round. Tony Romo had most efficient season of career with big assist from NFL rushing champion DeMarco Murray, who signed with division rival Philadelphia as free agent. Defense masked weak pass rush and significantly improved over 2013.

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Last year: Ended three-year rut of 8-8 finishes with NFC East title and beat Detroit for first playoff win since 2009. Lost to Green Bay in divisional round. Tony Romo had most efficient season...

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This year, as tomorrow's start of free agency conversations approach, is no different. I've always...

The matchup for Super Bowl XLVII is set and it should come to no surprise to South Florida high school football fans that the area will be well represented on football's biggest stage.
Between them, the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers feature...

Instability has reigned in the Philadelphia Eagles' defensive backfield since 2009, the season after they won their last playoff game. This is no coincidence.
While there have been many other factors at work in the franchise's longest playoff victory...

Though it is not uncommon for NFL teams to turn over 20 to 30 percent of their rosters each year, it is rare that so many starters are included, which has been the case for the Philadelphia Eagles since firing coach Andy Reid following the 2012 season.
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The two cornerbacks the Ravens drafted have noticed the same weakness about the team as the opposition did last season.
But they're calling it an opportunity.
"If you can compete, you can take somebody's spot or you can rotate in," said Tavon Young, a...

It was three years ago this past Wednesday when the 2012 Ravens beat the San Francisco 49ers, 34-31, to capture Super Bowl XLVII and their second world championship.
The trips down memory lane have been frequent this week with the Denver Broncos and...

ASHBURN, Va. — A veteran of more than 50 starts in his first four NFL seasons, linebacker Mason Foster spent most of September as a free agent. He was in limbo, sleeping on the futon of his college roommate and best friend, an assistant strength and...

2013
Jan. 6: Chip Kelly issues statement taking himself out of running for jobs with Eagles and Browns.
Jan. 16: The Eagles hire Kelly to be their new head coach, replacing Andy Reid.
March 15: Eagles announce that they will not be returning to...

Editor's note: The Eagles got rid of their head coach early Tuesday night, but the story of how they began to arrive at that decision is as follows:
In what might qualify as the craziest and most eventful year in Philadelphia Eagles history, coach...

The NFL Players Assn. told a federal appeals court Monday that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell was making a "sweeping grab for power" in the Deflategate controversy and a judge was right to reject his handling of the scandal.
Lawyers for the union made...

SEATTLE _ One of Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll's pet phrases is that something good is about to happen.tmpplchld Even Carroll, though, likely couldn't have envisioned what developed as Detroit receiver Calvin Johnson rumbled toward the end...

Chip Kelly said he did not want to trade Nick Foles after he traded him. Foles said he loved Philadelphia and was thankful for his time in the city after he landed in St. Louis. What we had, if we can believe the two men, was an amicable separation...

RENTON, Wash. When the Seahawks beat Green Bay to open the 2014 season, Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers famously did not throw in the direction of Seattle cornerback Richard Sherman. Not once in 33 attempts. Rodgers didn't look Sherman's way...

At least, the Seattle Seahawks have 15 weeks to recover from this play call that failed to pan out. The opener carried much greater meaning for the St. Louis Rams, who persevered after blowing the lead for a 34-31 overtime victory on Sunday. The Rams...

PHILADELPHIA — When DeMarco Murray traded the blue star on his helmet for silver and white wings, the balance of power in the NFC East shifted from the Dallas Cowboys to the Philadelphia Eagles. That might be the difference in a division that's had four...

The Seahawks needed a yard. The Rams defense knew that this time, unlike in the Super Bowl, they would give the ball to Marshawn Lynch. Once again, Pete Carroll's choice didn't work out. Rams defensive linemen Michael Brockers and Aaron Donald stuffed...

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